Reference Services Review: Volume 8 Issue 4

Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age

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Ending the old year with some new beginnings

In this final issue of RSR for the year we offer our readers the first appearances of two columns new to the journal. These are the “Landmarks of Reference” and “Government…

Two hats for Nancy Jean Melin, RSR's new Editor

Reference Services Review has established itself as an essential reference collection management resource. As I assume the editorship of the journal I have set for myself several…

Who'sWho in America®

Ann Richer

Who's Who in America (WWiA), released in its forty‐first edition in May 1980, is one of the few reference books that enjoys two types of renown.

Data Base Directories: A Comparative Review

Linda C. Smith

Over the past decade machine‐readable data bases have grown both in number and variety. In addition to the familiar bibliographic data bases such as MEDLINE and ERIC, one now…

Everyday Was Summertime in Vietnam: An Annotated Bibliography of the Best Personal Narratives

Richard W. Grefrath

“What was it like over there?” we were asked from the instant we got off the Freedom Bird. And then:

Government As Historian: Histories and Historical Materials Produced by Agencies of the United States Government

Steven D. Zink

The United States government is the world's largest publisher. Its presses churn out thousands of items annually, covering every conceivable subject. Even though most of the items…

Reference Serials

Julia E. Miller

“Reference Serials” intends to provide in‐depth, evaluative reviews of abstracting services, indexes, serial bibliographies, yearbooks, directories, almanacs and other…

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ISSN:

0090-7324

Online date, start – end:

1973

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Ms Sarah Barbara Watstein